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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2014 Jul 16;67:82–88. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.013

Table 3.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of non-compliance according to baseline characteristics for the distance subset (3 screening centers) in PLCO (10 US screening centers; 1993–2011) (n=1425)

% Non-compliant Unadjusted* OR (CI) Adjusted*,** OR (CI)

Age at randomization (years)
 Younger than 50 17.9 Reference Reference
 60–64 15.5 0.8 (0.6–1.2) 1.0 (0.7–1.5)
 65–59 16.5 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 1.4 (0.8–2.2)
 70 or older 22.3 1.3 (0.9–2.0) 1.7 (1.0–2.9)

Gender
 Female 19.7 Reference Reference
 Male 14.9 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.8 (0.6–1.2)

Race
 White- non-Hispanic 17.2 Reference Reference
 Black, non-Hispanic 22.9 1.4 (0.9–2.3) 0.7 (0.4–1.2)
 Hispanic 12.9 0.7 (0.3–1.4) 0.6 (0.3–1.3)
 Asian 0.0
 Pacific Islander 0.0
 American Indian 37.5 2.9 (0.7–12.1) 1.8 (0.4–8.8)

Education
 Less than high school 29.4 1.8 (1.1–3.0) 1.4 (0.8–2.4)
 High school grad 18.4 Reference Reference
 Post HS/some college 18.0 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 1.1 (0.8–1.7)
 College grad/postgrad 13.4 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 0.9 (0.6–1.4)

BMI (kg/mˆ2)
 0 – 18.5 20.0 1.0 (0.2–5.0) 0.9 (0.2–5.7)
 18.6 – 25.0 19.3 Reference Reference
 25.1 – 30.0 14.0 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.7 (0.5–1.0)
 > 30.0 21.2 1.1 (0.8–1.6) 1.0 (0.7–1.4)

Comorbidity score
 No 15.6 Reference Reference
 Yes 22.0 1.5 (1.2–2.0) 1.3 (0.9–1.8)

Cigarette smoking status
 Never smoker 15.3 Reference Reference
 Current smoker 24.8 1.8 (1.2–2.8) 1.4 (0.9–2.4)
 Former smoker 18.2 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 1.0 (0.7–1.4)
 Marital status
 Married/living as married 17.3 Reference Reference
 Formerly married 17.2 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 0.9 (0.6–1.3)
 Never married 25.0 1.6 (0.8–3.3) 1.6 (0.7–3.6)
 Current occupation
 Working 16.1 Reference Reference
 Homemaker 24.9 1.7 (1.1–2.6) 1.3 (0.7–1.9)
 Unemployed 18.2 1.2 (0.2–5.4) 0.9 (0.2–4.7)
 Retired 15.4 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.7 (0.5–1.0)
 Disabled/extended sick leave 34.4 2.7 (1.3–5.9) 1.7 (0.7–3.9)
 Other 21.6 1.4 (0.6–3.2) 1.0 (0.4–2.6)

Family history of a PLCO cancer
 No 17.4 Reference Reference
 Yes 17.0 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 1.1 (0.8–1.5)
 Possibly 24.4 1.5 (0.7–3.2) 1.8 (0.8–3.9)

Screening center***
 Colorado 14.4 Reference Reference
 Henry Ford 30.6 2.6 (1.9–3.6) 0.5 (0.2–1.2)
 Utah 8.7 0.6 (0.4–0.8) 0.5 (0.3–0.8)

Consent type
 Single 11.3 Reference Reference
 Dual 36.6 4.5 (3.4–6.1) 7.4 (3.0–18.3)

Randomization year
 1993–1994 14.0 0.5 (0.3–0.8) 0.5 (0.3–0.8)
 1995–1996 24.6 Reference Reference
 1997–1998 12.8 0.5 (0.3–0.6) 1.0 (0.7–1.7)
 1999–2000 12.9 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 1.2 (0.7–2.1)
 2001 11.1 0.4 (0.1–1.7) 1.4 (0.2–7.9)

Distance
 Tertile 1 14.2 Reference Reference
 Tertile 2 17.9 1.3 (0.9–1.9) 1.2 (0.8–1.8)
 Tertile 3 20.4 1.5 (1.1–2.2) 1.4 (1.0–2.1)
*

Bolding indicates statistically significant ORs.

**

Adjusted for all covariates listed in table.

***

Complete names and locations of screening centers can be found in the Funding section of this manuscript.